Hi George

>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>oShell.Run('myexe.exe', 5, .T.)

>The "myexe.exe" should be replaced by the fully qualified path of the executable. 5 = SW_SHOWNORMAL and the .T. parameter indicates that the calling application should wait until the called application terminates.

That's short and sweet. I guess the parameters to be passed to the exe is included in the exe name string itself, right?

Always open to newer ideas. Thanks a lot for taking time out to respond, esp. after knowing I had settled for Ed's class.